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Quebec Says 'Non' To English-Only Video Games
daveofdoom writes "The French-Canadian government of Quebec is saying 'non' to English-only video games if French versions are available. 'It's causing a lot of consternation among retailers and gamers alike, who fear the rules will lead to delays in video games arriving in the province, and may not accomplish what the law intends, which is to promote and protect the French language.' This is a ridiculous rule, as game companies can simply stop creating French versions of games to bypass the restriction."
Quebec would be a nice place if only they'd get rid of the super-annoying Frenchies.
as 'hard' as their stance is, it hasn't done them much good. France makes itself the laughing stock of the rest of Europe every couple of years by trying very hard to force French upon the rest of us, the Quebecois do the same thing in Canada.
If your language needs 'protection' what you're really saying is you are about to become irrelevant.
A language should have a low barrier to entry, and a population willing to forgive foreigners their mistakes and applaud them for their efforts. French has neither.
Couple a provincial attitude to anything foreign with protectionist laws pushing your no-longer-so-important language and sooner or later you'll find you're the only person left still speaking it. The rest of the world will continue to evolve, with or without you.
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